Recognized throughout the yoga community as a true “teacher’s teacher,” Dana Flynn brings
an ecstatic expression of movement, music and community to her practice and her students, as
the co-founder of Laughing Lotus Yoga Centers and Lotus Flow Yoga. The former stockbroker,
restaurateur and MTV personality turned a life in the limelight into a spiritual transformation, studying
with legendary yogis: Jivamukti’s Sharon Gannon in New York and master teacher Rodney Yee in
California. Fiercely innovative and independent, Dana honors and knows well the ancient traditions
and codified asana systems of the yogic practice. During her many years of study, she “wanted to
explore what it meant to move like herself. That was my greatest longing.” Dana and Co-Founder
Jasmine Tarkeshi channeled over 6 years of organic movement experimentation into the creation of
the Laughing Lotus Yoga Center and Lotus Flow Yoga. Lotus Flow Yoga, is infused with a dynamic
Dervish-like energy of dance, song and joyous revelry. “It is fresh, inspired and alive.”
With studios located in Manhattan’s Flatiron District and in San Francisco’s Mission District, Laughing Lotus is now home to more than just a studio; it’s a diverse community of creative, spirited, and playful yogis; a school for teachers and where you’ll find Dana Flynn, the “Janis Joplin of Yoga.”
Dana has appeared in The New York Times, Yoga Journal and on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show.